9. Monitor and support

• Monitor and support improvement.
• Review dementia diagnosis rates by general practice to identify outliers
• Establish why some practices have higher rates of diagnosis. How are they achieving this?
• Target those practices where diagnosis rates are lower than expected. What are the impediments?
• General practice Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) figures
• Quality and Outcomes Framework guidance for GMS contract 2011/12 (NHS Employers and British Medical Association, 2011)
• Dementia Practice Prevalence Calculator
• Work with outlying practices to develop general practice action plans to improve recognition and rates of diagnosis.
• View the Dementia Workforce development portalwhich includes:
  • Learning pathway
  • Learning library
  • Dementia competency framework
  • Commissioning guidance
  • Dementia support workers